Patna, February 17 Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey said on Tuesday that his department is taking steps to establish more biomedical waste disposal facilities across the state.
He made the statement while responding to a starred question by independent MLC Maheshwar Singh in the Council.
Currently, Bihar has four such centers in Patna, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, and Gaya.
Pandey said, "We recognize that four centers are not sufficient, and the department is taking steps to establish additional biomedical waste treatment facilities."
Singh informed the House that the state produces 28,000 kg of biomedical waste per day, questioning whether four centers for the disposal of such amounts of waste were adequate.
"Due to a lack of proper disposal, a large volume of biomedical waste is being dumped along roadsides, which is very dangerous as it mixes with water and soil, and adversely affects public health," he said.